Steps for creating your entry

1. Identify your community of interest and register

Your community can be a neighborhood, city, county, region of a state, or multiple states. Indicate your community when you register online.

2. Discover important local issues based on the industries in your community

Use our industry comparison tool to identify local issues.

3. Join or form a new team

Create or join a team for your city or community. You may also form a coding/design team focused on specific project areas. You can return to your registration page later to add team and project info. Use the link in the email you receive during registration.

4. Create a community portal

Check out our existing community portals and learn how to make your own. The easiest way is to fork the apps directory, then copy and edit an existing app folder. Also, clone the localsite repo into the same webroot as the apps folder to provide support files. Read more about how to create your own local site.

5. Create beautiful community tools and add new functionality

Create new visuals and content for your community portal. Embed new or existing USEEIO widgets in your site

Learn more: How to Prepare a Winning Entry